Just a few more push-ups away from the finish

Seven weeks and thousands of push-ups later, Joel Kirsch is ready to reach his goal.

The so-called ‘push-up guy’ who began his quest to travel the entire county of Marin by doing push-ups, is just a few days away from his destination on the Golden Gate Bridge. Kirsch is planning to perform his few final push-ups on Monday, June 28th reaching the Marin-SF border in the middle of the span.

Kirsch, who began his trek on May 10, 2010 as a way to draw attention to schoolchildren and fitness and his foundation American Sports Institute, has been performing the stand, stretch, push-up, kneel, rise and do-it-all-again prostrations several hours a day, every day. He does the push-ups continuously for 20 minutes, then takes a 5-minute break.

We spotted Kirsch progressing through Mill Valley earlier this month and stopped for a chat during one of his breaks.

Kirsch is inviting the community to join him in his last effort on the bridge on Monday as he reaches his goal by showing up at the North Vista parking lot at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 28.